Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on November 13, 2017

Albert Finney as Hercule Poirot. The 1974 adaptation of Agatha Christie's controversial mystery Murder on the Orient Express spawned a string of theatrical and made-for-TV films based on her works. I recently revisited Orient Express and, for comparison purposes, also watched the 2010 version starr   read more

Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on November 13, 2017

Albert Finney as Hercule Poirot. The 1974 adaptation of Agatha Christie's controversial mystery Murder on the Orient Express spawned a string of theatrical and made-for-TV films based on her works. I recently revisited Orient Express and, for comparison purposes, also watched the 2010 version starr   read more

Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on October 19, 2015

Albert Finney as Hercule Poirot. The 1974 adaptation of Agatha Christie's controversial mystery Murder on the Orient Express spawned a string of theatrical and made-for-TV films based on her works. I recently revisited Orient Express and, for comparison purposes, also watched the 2010 version starr   read more

The Wonderful World of Cinema Posted by Virginie Pronovost on September 14, 2015

Murder on the Orient Express is probably well-known as one of the best on-screen adaptation of an Agatha Christie’s novel. It also has the particularity to be composed of an all-star cast, all wonderful actors, all unique in their own genre: Albert Finney as the notorious detective Hercule Po   read more

The Great Katharine Hepburn Posted by Margaret Perry on September 26, 2012

MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS (1974): A Lauren Bacall Classic Lauren Bacall boards the Orient Express MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS (1974) will be airing tonight on Turner Classic Movies at 2:15 am EST as TCM continues to celebrate Lauren Bacall every Wednesday night in Spetember. Sidney Lum   read more

The Great Katharine Hepburn Posted by Margaret Perry on September 26, 2012

MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS (1974): A Lauren Bacall Classic Labels: Agatha Christie, Albert Finney, Anthony Perkins, Ingrid Bergman, John Gielgud, Lauren Bacall, MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS (1974), Sean Connery, Sidney Lumet, Vanessa Redgrave, Wendy Hiller Lauren Bacall boards th   read more

Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on September 26, 2012

MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS (1974) will be airing tonight on Turner Classic Movies at 2:15 am EST as TCM continues to celebrate Lauren Bacall every Wednesday night in Spetember. Sidney Lumet‘s 1974 film adaptation of Agatha Christie‘s classic crime novel Murder on the Orient Express is   read more

The Stop Button Posted by on February 21, 2011

There are two significant problems with Murder on the Orient Express. Unfortunately, both of them are aspects of the film’s genre. Well, one of them is an aspect of the genre and the other is related to the film’s extremely high quality acting. So, neither of them are “problems” in...   read more